“Chinese”

7072016

Minneapolis-St. Paul

She says the cop is “Chinese,” but he’s probably some sort of East or Southeast Asian, not necessarily Chinese. Knowing the immigration history of that part of the country, he might actually be some sort of Indochinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian.

Talk going around that the cop is Hmong. Which would make sense, because a fair number of Hmongs live in the MN/WI area; in fact, every once in awhile, you’ll read about some really atrocious Hmong crime.

The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) named the cop who fired on Castile as officer Jeronimo Yanez, 28. It also identified another cop on the scene as officer Joseph Kauser. Both officers have been with the St. Anthony Police Department for four years.